The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-09-04
NOT TO M oAPrUnrD ALIvR


FROM I've Chtcogo Berdid
One Of the most noted bands OF desperadoes
S.n hs 81 %sh ha s ~
fetch, are the leaders, They are scarcely less
noted Missouri and Iowa than ,he Ja R,,
raves S0 10 Spend few months IN Other fields
HH,y e ro aiways soa IN whispers
Keep very quiet q mot disturbed. They
have Rs os1sd Into n E nSfs BY sha
lows There rb:r q IstS.r 1o }snPIl Iy.nS q
lin, was a aniet. peaeoable. aw-nbiding citi-
zen and local preacher at 1ne time me IN th S
S %ss ops g. In that Church Milan john
Franklin was appointed as cless leader. and
miles, rs Southeast assa 81 Milan to attend to duties
in this position. The father and mother are re-
both dead. and nothing stands against them 70
ages the ss boys are toJi jim. Bi, Fieieh, Aieck.
Coon and Charley Il ie said by those best a g
b be relied upon, although none, except Biil.
Coon, and Fetch, has gained q bad reputation.
b ana Fetch their ey iSss s,sIs
q horse In the southern part OF sullivan county
from Aleck Norman, we're pursued. and Bi!l
county. returned to Sullivan county and ledKed
with h sd So. N Nsrs as
CAPTURED and reincarcerated, but Bill made
good his escape. Aftsrward the Indian Nation
brother Fietch, who escaped capture. and here
be also met his death. Northern Texas and the
Indian Territory have since been faySrit as hid
mained LIP tho Nation about one year. In
1879 Fletch and Coon were arrested IN Missouri
they were being taken, to this place b tn
jumped from the train while In rapid motion.
Fietch running down the track and Coon up.
tknr ,a vft rod iIlt al
and assumed the crime charged. and thus freed
e sRa Ss y SOa
two;thirds OF three years term In the Iowa
p1 In the spring Of 1884 Feteh lived on farm
near Keger No., known as the George Henry
place" and Coon made his home with him.
h ss said so sy G s sTFSS sEps G two
mediums sized oak, trees. about sixty yards
apart, behind which they would place them.
iss . the art Of shooting and lodging the others
d Ra bneE s as s 81 Of
others revolver. They practised this snort 9
d and dhe with Sset are wSe Ses
suspicion on them as the perpetrators Of GER
e ean TSe sser q Sullivan an County
gan to mature plans for their capture: To
this end he secured the services t Of two
the , truth t Of the statement that both franklin
snS f. they
notice Their IS coming had se1 hem
quite quit freely. Il seems that Fetch had a isw
dance at bis place. Sns
to accept. and took this plan. to ensnare
Fletch, but the, latter. acquainted with the
W Si be captors and they with him. They
all left Roger together, going out toward
drunk. Wien nearly there Fletch walked rap
walked on past while Mullins went Il int At the h
Soon fetch returned. walked up to the barn
floor door, took aim: and shot Mullins. who
and as as they
killed they she
foiiowIns them through southeast sullivan,
near Vinegar, thence to Brookheld. Linn
county. where seemingly the posse gave up
The franklin boys had relatives in Marion
na They Ddeed the@
Cousins. but the more difficult task was to Of.
feet their capture. They secured the services
Through as trader t got Coon Into horse
SWAP at the traders home. where they h sWooped
two miles away. they thought to take ths
r the YARD Re sent the shot So Straight and
'aa saiS oni TSSssh
SEsSsSs ,,s bssS
term Of court, but the trial was out Of. and
fractions for him, and his bondsmen proved
no good. Since then the authorities have been
patiently awaiting his return. but when h h II
The boys have been in northern Texas, Indian
Territory. and elsewhere until two months ago
horse stealing, in Atchison county. Missouri
o.
allowed to go to the wagon, they armed them
selves some way. and Us they were being con
we're obliged to retro after o few exchanges O
shots. and the Franklins again escaped.
o the
from tho scene Of the first encounter, Thii
%qtsh f1y preEsTed With Esyo Esa aR
Long and other shots came Quickly, woundins
e the Ths Officers
hss shonsh
the goal they wished to reach. but this was onll
o feint and since that time they have been II
Sullivan county, and it Is asserted that the}
be caught yet but they declare tha
they will not be captured alive, bu
will sell their lives as dearly as possible. i
| is thought that they are now inviting at
tack, SO that they may kill two or three men
who have been instrumental in their pursuit
counts and can hardly be taken except by rough
means and these are not entirely, wanting
weighs about 100 pounds. is about IS year.
old. square.shou ldered. walks in stooP. bp
compesionsd. Coon is about g. feet niche.
In height weighs about $50 pounds, is ~ years
old; complexion and eyes the same as thoss
Their future cannot be foretold except as tS
their death. This can be predicted almost witt
their boots on, and that before q great while
The order comes with the offer OF a 81 800 re
ward: Do not try to take them alive"
| Seen and Heard IN . Bank.